Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-01-19
SHERiHFS PROCLAMATION.
FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION I'm LAKE CITY
TOWNSHIP, BARBER COUNTY,
KANSAs

10 the Voters Of Lake City To,cnShip:
w H6hEAS, on the 18th day of January, A.
" 1881, the Board of County Commits
sloners OF Barber county, state of Kansas be-
ing convened in special session. in the once of
me county clerk of said county, at the CITY of
N MeGiclne Lodge, the county-seat of said coun-
y, pursuant to the statutes in such case made
and provided, did make and enter on recorSI
the following order, io-wit:
WHEREAS. petition, signed by George w
th and seventy others, being more
IMAM tWo-nfths of the resident tax-payers of
Lake City township. Barber county. state of
hansas, was, on this, 18th day of January A
y, leoI. presented to the Board of County
commissioners of said county, there being
present w w: Cook, Chairman of said Board.
and John McGrath and J. D. Fleming. mem,
oers tnereof, and K. J. Taliaferro, county clerk
OF saiu county, and ex-officio clerk Of said
Board, which said petition, with the Signature
tnereto omitted, is In the words and figures
following, to-wit:
RAILROAD BOND PETITION.
To the Honorable Board of Countu Conn.
1lliSsioneTs of the County of Bdrber. a.,
the State Of Kansas:
The undersigned. being more than two-fifths
OF the resident taxpayers of Lake City town
Kansas, respectfully pray your honorable bodv
10 submit to the qualified electors of said town
T Sup, proposition to subscribe twenty-five
Kansas and Panhandle Railroad COMPANY n
corporation created and existing under and by
virtue OF the laws of the state of Kansas, which
proposes to construct q line of railroad into
and through said township, and that in pay-
mont for said subscription Of said stock bonds
OF said township shall be issued in sums Of
Vne, I1ousano Dollars each, payable in Thirty
lie semi-annuaily, at the rate of 9 per cent ner
snnum, on the first day OF January and the
nrs. gay OF July, OF each and every year, until
SAID principal shall become due; and said
ponds snail have attached thereto, semi-an
u nuai lnterest coupons; and the said bonds,
at the fiscal agency OF the state of Kansas, in
York. 'o Va ave"
And the conditions on which said subscrin-
non to the capital stock shall be made. are
that the said Railroad Company shall Construct
anu operate and maintain said railroad OF a
standaru gauge, from some point on the north
or east side of said township and running
tnence through said township, and have the
Same IN operation on or before the 3lst day of
'cember, A. D., 1887; and erect and maintain
d"pots and stations in said townshin as fol.
lows, to-wit: Within oue-half (1s) mile of the
::ss.~.lIk u Main and Seminary streets, In the
town of Lake City.
And we further pray that yo,1 orfier Snsci.l
Election, to be held in said township, in pur-
suance of chapter 1OT of the laws of 1875 and
lne acts or the Legislature of the state of Kan
sas nmenoatory thereof, to vote upon the
question of subscribing for said stock. as
aforesaid And the form of the ballots to be
ton be: P'oPo'i-
For Subscription to Stock of the Kansas
ana Panhandle Railroad Company"
ana those against such proposition to be-:
against subscription to Stock of the Kansas
ana Panhandle Railroad COMPANY"
And whereas said Board of County Commits
sloners have examined said petition and 1t hav-
ing been shown to the satisfaction Of said
Board that the said petition has been signed nv
more than twO-fifths of the resident tax-pay-
ers In said township, and is in the form pre-
scr1oed by law and is in all respects regular and
legal, and said Board SO finds and declares:
Now, therefore, pursuant to the prayer of said
petition, and the statutes in such case made
and provided, il is hereby ordered by the Board
of County Commissioners of said county. that
Especial Election be held at the usual Voting
places In said Township. on
WEDNESDAY, TffR eeaD DAY OF FEBRUARY.
A. D., 1887, at which said Election the
proposition set forth In the hereinbefore
reclted peuuon. which petition. with the
part of this order. shall be submit ed to the
legally qualified voters of said township, for
their decision by ballot.
And 1t is further ordered, by said Board of
County Commissioners that the Sheriff of said
county make due proclamation to tho voters of
sa ga %. township or the holding of said Election
the same for thirty days or more, next pre-
ceding the day of holding said Election, in
having general circulation in said township.
ana that in said proclamation said Sheriff set
forth the above and foregoing order and recite
said petition therein.
chairman and members of the Board of Coun,,
~ Commissioners, of the County of Barber
state OF Kansas, have herounto set our hands
as chairman and members aforesaid, at the
county Seat OF said County, this 18th day of
January, A. ID. 1897.
w. w. Cook, Chairman,
JOHN MCGRATH, Commissioner,
j. ID. FLEMING, Commissioner.
As attest, my signature and Seal of said
Barber County, hereto affixed this 18th dav
of January, A. ID. 1887.
tsEALJ ROBERT ]. TALIAFERRO,